MAP (Mitrou Archaeological Project)
Co-directed by Aleydis Van de Moortel and †Eleni Zahou (2004-2021) and subsequently by Aleydis Van de Moortel and Euthymia Karantzali (2021-present), MAP is a collaboration between the University of Tennessee and the Directorate of Antiquities of Phthiotis and Evrytania, under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. In this project, Salvatore Vitale is the principal investigator for the study of ceramics ranging from the Late Helladic IIA to the Late Helladic IIIB periods. Within the MAP framework, Salvatore Vitale’s main research interests focus on: ceramics and relative chronology; the process of Mycenaean cultural identity formation in central Greece; and the socio-political trajectories of Mitrou during the pre-palatial and palatial phases of Mycenaean civilization.
Contact: Salvatore Vitale
Research Outputs:
Articles
Vitale, S., Hale, C.M., Van de Moortel, A. e Herrmann, N.P. (c.d.s.). “It’s Absolutely Relative: The Late Helladic I Stratigraphic and Ceramic Sequences from Mitrou and their 14C Anchor Points,” in T. Fantuzzi e J. Driessen (a cura di), CHRONOS. Stratigraphic Analysis, Pottery Seriation and Radiocarbon Dating in Mediterranean Chronology (AEGIS), Louvain.
Van de Moortel, A. e Vitale, S. 2021. “Changing Political Landscapes: Mitrou, East Lokris, and the Palatial Polities of Boeotia,” in E. Karantzali (a cura di), Γ΄ Διεθνές Διεπιστημονικό Συμπόσιο. Η Περιφέρεια του Μυκηναϊκού Κόσμου: Πρόσφατα ευρήματα και πορίσματα της έρευνας. Λαμία, 18-21 Μαΐου 2018. 3rd International Interdisciplinary Colloquium. The Periphery of the Mycenaean World: Recent Discoveries and Research Results, Lamia, May 18-21, 2018, Athens, pp. 231-239. ISBN: 978-960-386-499-8.
Vitale, S. e Van de Moortel, A. 2020. “The Late Helladic IIIB Phase at Mitrou, East Lokris: Pottery, Chronology, and Political Relations with the Palatial Polities of Thebes and Orchomenos/Glas,” in ASAtene 98, pp. 9-59. ANVUR, Classe A per 10/A1. (Rivista peer-reviewed). ISSN: 0067-0081.
Van de Moortel, A., Vitale, S., Lis, B. e Bianco, G. 2019. “Honoring the Dead or Hero Cult? The Long Afterlife of a Prepalatial Elite Tomb at Mitrou,” in E. Borgna, I. Caloi, F. Carinci e R. Laffineur (a cura di), MNHMH/MNEME. Past and Memory in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 17th International Aegean Conference, University of Udine, Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Humanities, 17-21 April 2018, (Aegaeum 43), Leuven-Liège, pp. 277-291 (+ tavv. CV-CXV). ISBN: 978-90-429-3903-5.
Vitale, S. 2018. “The Troubled Century? Potting Practices and Socio-Political Changes at Mitrou, East Lokris, Between the End of the 14th and the Beginning of the 12th c. BC,” in I. Caloi e C. Langohr (a cura di), Technology in Crisis. Technological Changes in Ceramic Production During Periods of Trouble, (AEGIS 16), Louvain, pp. 151-175. ISBN: 978-2-87558-749-7.
Vitale, S. 2013. “Two Late Helladic IIIA1 Deposits from Mitrou, East Lokris: A Chronological, Typological, and Functional Analysis of the Pottery,” in G. Graziadio, R. Guglielmino, V. Lenuzza e S. Vitale (a cura di), Φιλική Συναυλία. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology for Mario Benzi,(BAR – IS 2460), Oxford, pp. 123-133. ISBN: 978 1 4073 1068 8.
Vitale, S. 2012. “Local Traditions and Mycenaeanization in Central Greece. A Preliminary Report on the Late Helladic IIA to the Late Helladic IIIB Pottery from Mitrou, East Lokris,” in A. Mazarakis Ainian (a cura di), ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΕΡΕΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ 3. 2009. Πρακτικά επιστημονικής συνάντησης. Βόλος. 12.3-15.3.2009. Τόμος ΙΙ: Στερεά Ελλάδα, Volos, pp. 1147-1158. ISBN: 978-960-89078-7-4
Vitale, S. 2011. “The Late Helladic IIIA2 Pottery from Mitrou and Its Implications for the Chronology of the Mycenaean Mainland,” in W. Gauß, M. Lindblom, R. Angus K. Smith e J.C. Wright (a cura di), Our Cups Are Full: Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age. Papers Presented to Jeremy B. Rutter on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, (BAR – IS 2227), Oxford, pp. 331-344. ISBN: 978 1 4073 0785 5.
Vitale, S. 2008. “Ritual Drinking and Eating at Late Helladic IIIA2 Early Mitrou, East Lokris. Evidence for Mycenaean Feasting Activities?,” in L. Hitchcock, R. Laffineur e J. Crowley (a cura di), DAIS. The Aegean Feast. Proceedings of the 12th International Aegean Conference/12e Rencontre égéenne internationale. University of Melbourne, Centre for Classics and Archaeology, 25-29 March 2008, (Aegaeum 29), Liège-Austin, pp. 229-237 (+ tavv. XL-XLVIII). ISBN: 9781935488224.